nassas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nassa, nassae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Field:
- Agriculture
basket for catching fish; a trap, snare;
acc. pl.
Examples
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dudum scio. numquam hercle ex ista nassa ego hodie escam petam; nam iam aliquo aufugiam et me occultabo..." - D
Satura XII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Libitinam euaserit aeger, delebit tabulas inclusus carcere nassae post meritum sane mirandum atque omnia soli forsan Pacuuio breuiter..."